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Rob Cohen

Rob Cohen

Rob Cohen

Counsel

Los Angeles, CA

Rob is a senior automotive counsel in the firm’s Automotive Industry Group. Rob’s practice focuses on regulatory issues in the automotive industry, with a special emphasis on complex retail sales and finance regulatory requirements.

Client Work
Rob regularly advises some of the largest dealers and dealer groups in the country on a variety of operational matters including: sales, finance, and leasing compliance; titling issues; sales tax concerns; disclosures; consumer claims; class action avoidance; advertising compliance; identity theft prevention; and, privacy and information sharing practices. Rob has drafted many of the consumer disclosure forms used by thousands of auto dealers across the country. He provides high-level consulting related to California dealership licensing requirements and helps clients navigate the confusing array of federal and California-specific sales and finance requirements. Rob also helps national clients develop compliance programs and litigation defense strategies.
Rob is the president of Auto Advisory Services (AAS), a leading compliance consulting company specializing in compliance audits, and offering comprehensive sales, finance, advertising, and DMV compliance services. AAS has a client base of nearly 500 motor and recreational vehicle dealerships.

Previous Work
Rob has previously served as the general counsel for Motor Vehicle Software Corporation, the company that developed DMVdesk. Rob was one of the original designers of DMVdesk, the automotive industry’s first comprehensive vehicle registration management system.

Professional Activities
Rob is a founding director and past-president of the National Association of Dealer Counsel (NADC), former editor of The Defender (the NADC newsletter) and has been published inWard’s Dealer Business, Orange County’s Business Journal, and F&I Management and Technology. He is a frequent speaker and trainer on a wide range of subjects pertaining to dealership sales and finance compliance. Rob is also a member of the American Bar Association.

Publications, Presentations and Recognitions
Rob’s published works include:

Bar & Court Admissions
California Bar
US Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit
US District Court, Central District of California

Education
Whittier College School of Law, JD, 1995
University of California, Irvine, MBA, 1992
University of California, Irvine, BA, 1990

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